Leaders of Durham County Councilv will consider the authority’s budget plans for 2024/25 when they meet next week. The authority’s cabinet will consider the council’s final draft budget proposals before making recommendations for consideration by full council at the end of February. At next week’s meeting, Cabinet will hear the...

By Steven Dawson This week’s report is a little different with not as many races taking place, although the Junior Section had a hugely successful weekend by becoming County Champions! The Under 13’s and Under 15’s took part in the in the County Durham Sportshall Athletics regional finals on Sunday 28 January coming first...

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Police and Crime Commissioner Joy Allen has put forward her plans to protect policing levels across County Durham and Darlington in the forthcoming financial year as the force continues to miss out on crucial extra government funding. The Commissioner is recommending increasing the policing portion of the money people pay towards council tax by...

Newton Aycliffe 1, Belper Town 2 By Ryan Livingston Newton Aycliffe were incredibly unlucky not to defeat Belper Town on Saturday. Their 4-3 away win at Belper was arguably their greatest performance of the season. Aycliffe spent that game soaking up great deals of pressure after taking an unlikely 4-1 lead, so it was somewhat ironic that...

South West Durham Training’s new CEO Shaun Hope will be hitting the ground running as he spreads the word about exciting future plans to the engineering and manufacturing sector. Shaun, above right, is joining SWDT next month from Hartlepool College of Further Education, where he is vice principal of curriculum and standards. During his 16...

By Paul Blythe A round-up of football from Newton Aycliffe Junior Section. Under 8’s Whites – Played Houghton Albion Lions, with only five players available, Aycliffe gave there all, battling hard and playing some good football. Louie was awarded opposition POTM for his display in goal and Cody was awarded parents POTM for his...

Aspiring entrepreneurs with ambitions to set up retail, leisure or hospitality businesses in County Durham can apply for a new grant to help make their dream a reality. Durham County Council has launched the Retail Start Up Grant to support businesses in their first six months of trading. It is part of the local authority’s Towns and...

A programme of world-class events, skills development and community-led activities has received a £1.25m Place Partnership award from Arts Council England through the National Lottery. Durham County Council submitted the bid on behalf of a consortium of the council, the Culture Durham Partnership and Durham University to support the £7.2m...

By Steven Dawson Although It’s early New Year, the races have been coming along thick and fast for members of Aycliffe Running Club with some challenging races to start the year. David Stothard (7:12) and Ian Stothard (949) both represented the club at the South Shields Monthly mile on Wednesday, January 10. January 13 saw a brilliant...